He also speaks of Franklin D. Roosevelt's `` puerile '' assumption that `` if only he ( Stalin ) could be exposed to the persuasive charm of someone like F.D.R. himself, ideological preconceptions would melt and Russia's co-operation with the West could be easily arranged ''.

Aretha Franklin and Rod Stewart also recorded " Amazing Grace " around the same time, and both of their renditions were popular.

* Franklin Templeton Investments an investment firm whose New York Stock Exchange ticker abbreviation, BEN, is also in honor of Franklin

Both ships were soon fighting enemies much more powerful than themselves and began to take severe damage: Captain Henry Darby on Bellerophon missed his intended anchor near Franklin and instead found his ship underneath the main battery of the French flagship, while Captain George Blagdon Westcott on Majestic also missed his station and almost collided with Heureux, coming under heavy fire from Tonnant.

Franklin also wrote that " the Deity sometimes interferes by his particular Providence, and sets aside the Events which would otherwise have been produc'd in the Course of Nature, or by the Free Agency of Man.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( or ; January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945 ), also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States ( 1933 – 1945 ) and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war.

He also ran as the nominee of the American Labor Party, a union-dominated anti-Tammany left-wing group that supported Franklin D. Roosevelt for president beginning in 1936.

" During this time American President Franklin D. Roosevelt also referred to the German people in this way, saying that an Allied invasion into the South of France would surely " be successful and of great assistance to Eisenhower in driving the Huns from France.

On December 29, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt transferred control of Johnston Atoll to the United States Navy in order to establish an air station, and also to the Department of the Interior to administer the bird refuge.

Having served as secretary of war under President Franklin Pierce, he also knew that the South lacked the military and naval resources necessary to defend itself if war were to break out.

Franklin Pierce also holds down the giant's beard as Stephen A. Douglas shoves a black man down his throat.

While reincarnation has been a matter of faith in some communities from an early date it has also frequently been argued for on principle, as Plato does when he argues that the number of souls must be finite because souls are indestructible, Benjamin Franklin held a similar view.

Bono also played the part of Franklin Von Tussle in the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray.

Twain's mainstream pop acceptance was further helped by her appearance in the 1998 first edition of the VH1 Divas concert where she sang alongside Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Gloria Estefan and Aretha Franklin, and also by VH1's 1999 heavily aired Behind the Music, which concentrated on the tragic aspects of her early life as well as her physical attractiveness and Nashville's early resistance to her bare-midriff music videos.

Trident were also retrofitted onto 12 SSBNs of the James Madison and Benjamin Franklin classes, replacing Poseidon missiles.

Benjamin Franklin is also said to have occasionally attended the club's meetings during 1758 as a non-member during his time in England.

Prior to World War II, 12-cylinder engines were found in many luxury models, including cars from: Packard 1916 to 1923, Daimler 1926 to 1937, Hispano-Suiza 1931, Cadillac 1931, Auburn 1932, Franklin 1932, Lincoln 1932, Rolls-Royce 1936, and Pierce-Arrow also 1936.

The General Assembly also establishes Warrenton ( also named for Joseph Warren ) to be the county seat of Warren County and Louisburg ( named for Louis XVI of France ) to be the county seat of Franklin County.

As the ambassador to France, Benjamin Franklin not only secured the " bridge loan " for the national budget, but also he persuaded France to send an army of about 6, 000 soldiers across the Atlantic Ocean to America — and also the dispatch of large squadron of French warships under Comte de Grasse to the coasts of Virginia and North Carolina.

Gyrion also neglected to disclose that his mother-in-law's firm, Jacz Transportation, bought a 1989 Ford dump truck three days after City Hall sold it to a Franklin Park dealership and then leased it back to the city.

Cleveland also became the first Democrat to be nominated by his party three consecutive times, a distinction that would be equaled only by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 and then exceeded by him in 1944.

Harding's 60. 3 % of the popular vote was also the most since 1820, but has since been exceeded by Franklin Roosevelt in 1936, Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and Richard Nixon in 1972.

The first practical electron microscope was constructed in 1938, at the University of Toronto, by Eli Franklin Burton and students Cecil Hall, James Hillier, and Albert Prebus ; and Siemens produced the first commercial transmission electron microscope ( TEM ) in 1939.

Stimulated by their discussions with Wilkins and what Watson learned by attending a talk given by Franklin about her work on DNA, Crick and Watson produced and showed off an erroneous first model of DNA.

New Hampshire has produced one president: Franklin Pierce.

These independent labels produced high-quality dance records with such singers as Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett.

Serious historians have from time to time produced evidence to suggest that others may have preceded him in the invention ; however, a correspondence between George Whatley and John Fenno, editor of The Gazette of the United States, suggested that Franklin had indeed invented bifocals, and perhaps 50 years earlier than had been originally thought.

It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sidney Franklin from a screenplay by Paul Osborn, Paul H. Rameau, and Aldous Huxley ( uncredited ), adapted from the biography by Eve Curie.

In 1943, Warner, at the advice of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, produced a film adaption of the controversial book Mission to Moscow ; a film intended to inspire public support for the uneasy military alliance the United States had with the Soviet Union.

In July 1952, as a practical joke on Wilkins ( who frequently expressed his view that DNA was helical ), Franklin and Gosling produced a death notice regretting the ' death ' of helical crystalline DNA ( A-DNA ).

During 1952, Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling worked at applying the Patterson function to the X-ray pictures of DNA they had produced.

It later merged with Franklin College, in Lancaster County, and produced the so-called Mercersburg Theology.

Serious historians have, from time to time, produced evidence to suggest that others may have preceded him in the invention ; however, a correspondence between George Whatley and John Fenno, editor of The Gazette of the United States, suggested that Franklin had indeed invented bifocals, and perhaps 50 years earlier than had been originally thought.

Executively produced by Maurice, the album featured artists such as Chaka Khan, Kirk Franklin, Lalah Hathaway, Mint Condition, Dwele, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Angie Stone.

It was directed by Sidney Franklin, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and released by United Artists.

Similar engines are produced by Continental Motors, Franklin Engine Company, and others.

The film was directed by George Sidney and produced by Sidney Franklin, from a screenplay by Jan Lustig and Arthur Wimperis based on the novel by Margaret Irwin ( 1944 ).

In early 1953 Watson visited King's College and Wilkins showed him a high quality image of the B-form x-ray diffraction pattern, now identified as photograph 51, that Franklin had produced in March 1952.

Over four decades, Franklin produced a body of work, of declarations, manifestos, poetry, collage, hidden histories, and other interventions intended to inspire a new generation of revolution, and became perhaps " the most productive scholar of labor and the left in the United States.

The continuing characters of the comic strip were also found in the radio series, produced by Brad Brown with writer-director Paul Franklin and writer Albert Van Antwerp.

Columbia has produced a large number of distinguished alumni including, among others: two Presidents of the United States ( Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt ); nine Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States ( three of whom were Chief Justices ); numerous U. S. Cabinet members and Presidential advisers ; U. S. Senators, Representatives, and Governors ; members of the federal trial and appellate courts ; academicians and diplomats, civil rights and human rights activists, as well as prominent non-U. S. government judicial and political figures.

For five decades The Franklin Mint produced and marketed " collectibles ".

In early 2002, The Franklin Mint made the last pieces in its own mint with later issues produced by other companies.

From 1973 to 2000, the Franklin Mint had a division called the Franklin Library, which produced hundreds of editions of classic works of literature, in what were purported to be fine bindings.

The most recent book offerings were produced by RR Donnelly for the Franklin Library.

In the following years, Franklin Mint produced many designs including the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, one of Franklin Mint's better-selling models.